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Grove iPad 2 case combines bamboo leather smart-case technology Digital Trends

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Digital Trends - From the purveyors of stylish bamboo iPhone cases comes a new case just for the brand new iPad 2. The new Grove iPad 2 Case ($79+) combines a hard bamboo back and a fold-over leather cover that uses similar technology and design to the Apple Smart Cover. The magnets in the leather cover wake the iPad when opened and put it to sleep when closed, and the case folds into a stand for either typing or viewing. The 100-percent bamboo body offers full access to all the iPad’s ports as well as a precision speaker grill. The body is available in either amber or natural bamboo tints, and has a hand-rubbed natural oil finish. Perhaps best of all, the vegetable-tanned leather cover can be customized with artwork from a large selection, or users can even upload their own design to be laser-engraved on the case. The company is taking pre-orders now and will ship the first cases within two months.
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iOS 43 Safari speed tests Wide open throttle on Apple’s Nitro engine Digital Trends

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Digital Trends - Apple may have promised a new iOS version to coincide with the launch of the iPad 2 on Friday, but the Cupertino company gave fans an early treat on Wednesday when it released iOS 4.3 two days early.
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 40 Release Candidate PC World

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PC World - The Mozilla Foundation has issued the first release candidate of Firefox version 4.0, finishing a grueling and ambitious beta development cycle for the browser.
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Credit card processor VeriFone challenges Square Digital Trends

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Digital Trends - Credit card processor VeriFone has released an open letter to both consumers and the card processing industry claiming that an smartphone-based credit card reader being marketed by start-up Square is plagued by a “serious security flaw� that puts users’ data at risk. According to VeriFone, the problem lies in the Square card reader dongle that connects to an iPhone, iPad, or Android device’s headphone connector: the dongle reads information off the card’s magnetic strip and sends it to the device unencrypted. The result, according to VeriFone, is that anyone could write a bogus skimming application that collected card information off the Square card reader, and experts could do it from scratch in under an hour. How do they know? They did it.
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Report Xoom sales not so fast Investors Business Daily

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Investor's Business Daily - Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) Honeycomb version of its Android operating system, which was designed for tablet computers, was criticized by Global Equities for having a complicated user interface and coding glitches. Global Equities also said sales of Motorola Mobility's Xoom tablet, which runs on Honeycomb, have been weak, though Verizon says Xooms are selling well. Xoom was initially touted as a top competitor to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL - News) iPad, which dominates tablet PC sales. Motorola Mobility fell 1.5%, Apple slid 1%, Google dipped 0.1%.
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